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The AHA last week urged the Illinois Supreme Court to reverse an appellate court decision that rejected as unconstitutional the state’s property tax exemption standard for hospitals.
The Department of Health and Human Services today published an interim final rule that adjusts for
Tomorrow is the last day that hospitals can recertify for the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday awarded $2.4 million in funding to Chicago, Ho
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.21% in August to a seasonally adjusted 5,102,100 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The AHA earlier this week expressed its support for legislation that would make permanent a Medicare demonstration program that provides primary care to patients at home.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced an error in calculating Clostridium difficile infection performance during the first two quarters of 2014.
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced that it will distribute $53 million in funding to 44 states
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late this afternoon issued a proposed rule on the notice
A coalition of organizations, including the AHA, is urging Senate action on mental health reform legislation when Congress returns next month from its summer recess.
The Food and Drug Administration today recommended universal testing of donated whole blood and blood components for Zika virus in the U.S. and its territories.
Implementing the site-neutral provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act on Jan.
The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals’ proposal to reduce the appeals backlog at the Administrative Law Judge level is likely “to do little more than scratch the surface of the pr
Medicare Accountable Care Organizations qualified for more than $466 million in shared savings in 2015 by meeting quality standards and their savings threshold, the Centers for Medicare & Medic
Wisconsin faces a potential shortage of between 883 and 3,756 physicians by 2035 due to changes in physician demographics and an aging patient population, according to a
The Food and Drug Administration today issued recommendations to reduce safety risks when
AHA today submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services&rsqu
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today awarded a second
Health Insurance Marketplace premiums for 2015 averaged 7% lower in states that had expanded Medicaid eligibility to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act than in states that had not, acc